JP2002251194A - Karaoke device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a singer to enjoy a fighting type scoring game up to the end of playing. SOLUTION: A karaoke device which processes music data of karaoke music to outputs a karaoke accompaniment sound compares voice signals from two microphones with reference data of music data, phrase by phrase, reflects two points computed from the comparison result on which of two characters of a fighting animation is superior in fighting, and accumulates the two points in the playing process of the accompaniment music to display out the points after the playing of the accompaniment music ends.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus that allows a plurality of singers to sing simultaneously using a plurality of singing microphones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A grading function for converting a singing input from a microphone into an audio signal and scoring a karaoke singing based on the frequency and volume of the audio signal has been put to practical use. In recent years, this scoring function has not only scored the user's singing and displayed the score, but has also made the karaoke singing more exciting by executing a game in which a story or the like is developed according to the score. Karaoke devices have also been put to practical use.

[0003]

When the scoring function is applied to a game, the setting of the game is often such that a plurality of singers are set to compete. However, the conventional karaoke apparatus can only score one system of singing even if it has a plurality of microphones. Therefore, when two people sing at the same time, it is possible to separately score and compare the points. Because there was a time difference of one karaoke song until the points of both opponents were aligned, the excitement of the game was reduced by half.

When a game is set such that a plurality of players sing and fight at the same time, the singers sing using different microphones, and the karaoke apparatus distinguishes the singers (players of the game) by the numbers of the microphones. It is supposed to. However, it is rare for a singer to check which microphone he or she is using at a store such as a karaoke box, and if the user does not know this or sings with the microphone incorrectly, the game will be unfolded. There was a problem that became meaningless.

By the way, in a game in which a story or the like is developed according to a score, the story changes according to the progress of the score in a performance course, so that the end of the story can be predicted before the performance ends. Therefore, there was also a problem that the singer got tired on the way.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke apparatus in which, when a plurality of singers sing and play simultaneously, the singers can enjoy the game without getting bored until the performance ends.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke apparatus for processing music data of a designated karaoke tune and outputting karaoke accompaniment music as sound, which is used by two singers individually. Microphones, audio processing means for collecting audio signals input to each of the two microphones, and reference data in the music data for each phrase obtained by dividing a performance time series of accompaniment music at predetermined time intervals. Scoring means for comparing the audio signal and calculating two points corresponding to the two microphones in the course of playing the accompaniment music based on the comparison result;
Fighting animation generating means for generating a fighting animation in which two characters respectively corresponding to the two singers appear, and changing the dominance of the fighting of both characters in accordance with the two points input from the scoring means; Display control means for displaying and outputting the fighting animation generated by the fighting animation generating means on a display; and point accumulating means for accumulating the two points calculated by the scoring means in a performance course of the accompaniment music. And a means for appropriately displaying and outputting the two points accumulated by the point accumulating means after the performance of the accompaniment music is completed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a karaoke apparatus for processing music data of a specified karaoke tune and outputting karaoke accompaniment music as sound, two microphones for two singers to use individually, Voice processing means for collecting voice signals input to each of the two microphones;
For each phrase obtained by dividing the performance time series of the accompaniment music for each predetermined time, reference data in the music data and the audio signal are compared, and based on the result of the comparison, the two pieces of music are played in the process of playing the accompaniment music. Scoring means for calculating two points corresponding to the microphone for each of the elements;
In addition to generating a fighting animation in which two characters respectively corresponding to the two singers appear, a character corresponding to the larger of the two points input from the scoring unit is a character corresponding to the smaller of the points. Fighting animation generating means for changing the fighting animation so as to perform a technique for;
Display control means for displaying and outputting the fighting animation generated by the fighting animation generating means on a display, and accumulating the number of times of the technique performed by each character in the performance course of the accompaniment music, and displaying the technique performed by each character. A karaoke apparatus provided with means for displaying the cumulative number of times in a timely manner.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This karaoke apparatus is a sound source karaoke apparatus that reads out music data and supplies it to a sound source to form a musical sound of a karaoke performance. The song data contains guide melody data, and the karaoke device reads this in parallel with the karaoke performance and scores the singing by comparing the singing voice signal input from the microphone with this guide melody data. It has. Also, this karaoke device,
A singing voice signal input from each microphone is provided for each of the two singing microphones, and the singing voice signal input from each microphone can be individually graded. It has a game function to execute. The scoring game is a scoring game ICM which is ICM data for executing functions other than karaoke performance on the karaoke apparatus.
Performed by data.

[0010] Music data for performing karaoke performance is also IC
The M data is also identified by the music number. The music data is identified by a 6-digit music number consisting of a 4-digit singer number and a 2-digit singer-specific music number. ICM data is similarly identified by a six-digit number. The scored game ICM data contains 80
A song number of 00-01 is assigned. Therefore, the karaoke user can select a scoring game by the same operation as selecting a karaoke tune with a remote control device or the like, and instruct the start / end.

When a user inputs a song number from the remote control device, the karaoke device registers the song number in a reservation list and plays the songs in order from the previously registered songs. However, if 8000-01, which is the number of the scoring game ICM data, is input, it is automatically treated as a priority interrupt reservation, and this number is registered at the top of the reservation list. When the music being played at that time ends, the scoring game ICM data is executed prior to another reserved music.

[0012] Scoring game ICM for song number 8000-01
When the data is executed, first, a game selection screen is displayed. The scoring game ICM data has a function of selectively executing a plurality of scoring games, and the user can select one game from among them. One of them is a karaoke battle game described in detail below. When the karaoke battle game is selected, the karaoke apparatus reads out script data and image data for executing this game from the scoring game ICM data, and reads the RA data.
After being stored in M, the operation returns to the normal karaoke performance operation. In the scoring game, a singer's singing is scored while performing a karaoke song selected by the user, and the game proceeds with the score. Karaoke battle game,
This is a game in which two characters displayed on the screen are battled by the points of two singers (see FIG. 13), and two singers take charge of each character.
The character of the singer with a high point works on the opponent.

[0013] Karaoke songs are scored by frequency (pitch),
The processing is performed for three elements of volume and rhythm, and a total point obtained by integrating these three elements is also calculated.
This point is calculated for each phrase of the karaoke song. In the karaoke battle game, two types of points, frequency point, volume point, rhythm point, and total point, are compared for each phrase, and the technique that wins or loses is applied, respectively. Therefore, a maximum of four techniques can be performed during one phrase. The type of technique to be applied differs depending on each element. For example, the frequency is punch, the volume is kick, the rhythm is footstepping, and the total point is a throwing technique.

The grading function calculates the total points of all the tunes by summing and averaging the points for each phrase at the end of the tune, and this is displayed as the singing score at the end of the karaoke battle game.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for executing the above-mentioned game function. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the audio signal processing device 3 of the karaoke apparatus. This karaoke apparatus includes a karaoke apparatus main body 1, a control amplifier 2, an audio signal processing apparatus 3, an LD
Changer 4, Speaker 5, Monitor 6, Microphone 7 (7
a, 7b) and an infrared remote controller 8. The karaoke apparatus main body 1 controls the operation of the entire karaoke apparatus. The CPU 10 built in the karaoke apparatus main body 1 has a ROM 11 and a RAM via an internal bus.
12, hard disk storage device 17, communication control unit 16,
A remote control receiving unit 13, a display panel 14, a panel switch 15, a sound source device 18, an audio data processing unit 19, a character display unit 20, and a display control unit 21 are connected. The device 3 and the LD changer 4 are connected via an interface.

The ROM 11 stores a starting program and the like necessary for starting the apparatus. A system program, an application program, and the like for controlling the operation of the apparatus are stored in the hard disk storage device 17. The application program is a karaoke performance program, an ICM execution program, or the like. When the power of the karaoke apparatus is turned on, the system program and the karaoke performance program are stored in the RAM by the above-mentioned startup program.
12 is read. Also, the hard disk storage device 17
In addition to the above system programs and application programs, music data for about 10,000 karaoke songs,
ICM data for executing the scoring game function and the like are stored.

The communication control unit 16 downloads music data and the like from the distribution center via the ISDN line and writes the downloaded music data into the hard disk storage device 17. This write operation is performed by DMA
The processing is directly performed on the hard disk storage device 17 using a circuit.

The remote controller 8 is provided with key switches such as numeric keys, and when a user operates these switches, a code signal corresponding to the operation is output by infrared rays. The remote control receiving unit 13 receives the infrared signal sent from the remote control device 8, restores the code signal,
Input to PU10. When a music number is input from the remote control device 8, the CPU 10 registers this music number in a reservation list set in the RAM 12.

The display panel 14 is provided on the karaoke apparatus main body 1.
, And includes a matrix display for displaying the number of the music currently being played and the number of reserved music, an LED group for displaying currently set keys and a tempo, and the like. The panel switch 15 includes a numeric keypad, a key change switch, and a tempo change switch similar to those of the remote controller 8 for inputting a music number.

The tone generator 18 forms a tone signal based on tone track data of music data. The tone track has a plurality of tracks, and the tone generator 18 simultaneously forms tone signals of a plurality of parts based on the data. The audio data processing unit 19 forms an audio signal having a specified length and a specified pitch based on audio data included in the music data. The sound data is a signal waveform that is difficult to form electronically, such as a human voice such as a back chorus, and is stored as it is as a PCM signal. The tone signal formed by the sound source device 18 and the sound signal reproduced by the sound data processing unit 19 are input to the control amplifier 2. The control amplifier 2 has two microphones 7a, 7
b is connected, and the singing voice signal of the karaoke singer is input. The control amplifier 2 applies a predetermined effect such as an echo to each of these audio signals, amplifies them, and outputs them to the speaker 5.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the audio signal processing section. The audio signal processing unit 3 has a DSP and processes the audio signal by digital processing based on a microprogram. This figure shows the function in a block diagram.
The audio signal processing device 3 converts the guide melody data read from the music data during the karaoke performance into a reference 3
Enter as 4. The guide melody data is MIDI data. The CPU 10 converts the MIDI event data into frequency data and volume data and inputs the data to the audio signal processing device 3. The singing voice signal input from the two microphones 1 (microphone 7a) and the microphone 2 (microphone 7b) is input from the control amplifier 2, and singing frequency data and singing volume data are extracted from each singing voice signal. The points are determined by comparing the extracted singing frequency data and singing volume data with the reference 34 of the guide melody. This comparison process is 1
It is executed every 50 ms.

Alternatively, the audio signal processing device 3 may calculate singing frequency data, difference data between the singing volume data and the reference, and the CPU 10 may calculate points based on the difference data. In this case, the audio signal processing device 3 analyzes the frequency and volume of the input singing voice signal and generates singing frequency data and singing volume data. Then, these data are compared with the frequency data and volume data of the guide melody input from the CPU 10 to calculate difference data. The calculated frequency difference data and volume difference data are returned to the CPU 10. The CPU 10 integrates the difference data input every 150 ms. Also, rhythm difference data is calculated based on the difference between the rising timings of the singing volume data and the volume data of the guide melody, and this data is also integrated.
Then, the integrated values are totaled for each phrase of the karaoke song, and the frequency point, the volume point, and the rhythm point are calculated. This point is calculated by subtracting the deduction point value based on the integrated value of the difference data from the full score. The points calculated for each phrase as described above are accumulated and stored. Then, at the end of the karaoke song, the total song points are calculated by totalizing the points accumulated and stored. The total music points are separately calculated for the three elements of frequency, volume and rhythm.

The character display unit 20 generates character patterns such as song titles and lyrics based on input character data. The LD changer 4 as an external device reproduces a moving image as a background image based on the image selection data input from the CPU 10. The video selection data is determined based on genre data or the like written in the header of the music data. The display control unit 21 superimposes a character pattern such as lyrics input from the character display unit 20 on the background image input from the LD changer 4 in superimposition and displays the superimposed character pattern on the monitor 6. In the game mode, various characters and animations other than the background image and the lyrics are input to the display control unit 21 and displayed on the monitor 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of music data used in the karaoke apparatus. The music data includes a header, a musical sound track, a guide melody track, a lyrics track, a voice track, an effect track, and a voice data section. The header is a part in which data relating to the attribute of the music data is written, and data such as a music title, a genre, an announcement date, and a music performance time are written therein. Each track from the musical sound track to the effect track is described in a MIDI format including a plurality of event data and duration data indicating a time interval between the event data. The data from the lyrics track to the effect control track are not musical sound data, but these tracks are also described in MIDI format in order to unify the implementation and facilitate the work process.

The tone track is composed of a plurality of parts for driving the tone generator 18 to form a plurality of tone signals. In the guide melody track, data of the main melody of the karaoke song, that is, the melody to be sung by the singer is written. The lyrics track is a track that stores sequence data for displaying lyrics on the monitor 6. The event data of the lyrics track is composed of the character code of the lyrics and data indicating the display position thereof. The audio control track is a track for specifying the utterance timing of the audio data group stored in the audio data section. PCM data such as human voice is stored in the audio data section, and the event data of the audio control track specifies which audio data is reproduced at the event timing. In the effect control track, effect control data for controlling the control amplifier 2 is written. The control amplifier 2 applies a reverberation or other reverberation effect to the tone signal based on the effect control data.

In addition, I for executing a function such as a scoring game
The CM data has substantially the same configuration as that of the music data, and includes a header for writing data such as the data name and release date of the ICM data, script data, and a plurality of images used when the script data is executed. It consists of data and text data groups. In the case of the scoring game ICM data, a script data track is set for each game such as a karaoke battle game, and as the image data, the screen shown in FIG.
And the like for displaying the character animation.

FIGS. 4 to 11 are flowcharts showing the operation of the karaoke apparatus when the karaoke battle game is executed. 8 and 9 show the operation of the audio signal processing device 3.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the music reservation operation. This operation is performed when a music number is input from the remote control device 8. When a song number is input (s1), the song number designates a scoring game ICM data for setting / releasing the scoring game mode.
000-01 is determined (s2). If it is this song number, register this song number at the top of the reservation list (s
3) If the song number designates another normal karaoke song, this number is registered at the bottom of the reservation list. The registered numbers are read out in order from the highest order, and the performance of the karaoke tune specified by the tune number, the processing of the ICM data, and the like are executed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the reserved music processing operation. Each time the performance of the karaoke song ends, this operation is executed with reference to the reservation list. First, the music number registered at the top of the reservation list is read. It is determined whether or not this music number is 8000-01 (s11).
If it is 00-01, the game mode selection ICM data is read out (s13), and the process proceeds to the game mode selection operation (FIG. 6). On the other hand, if the music number designates normal music data, the designated music data is read out and a karaoke performance is executed. In the normal mode, only karaoke performance execution processing such as generation of performance sounds and display of background images is performed based on the music data, but when the game mode is set, the karaoke performance is performed in parallel. 8 and the display control operation of FIGS. 10 and 11 are performed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the game mode selection operation. This operation is executed based on the scoring game ICM data read in s13 of the reservation processing operation. First, it is determined whether the game mode is currently set (s20). When the game mode is set, the game mode selecting operation is executed to end the game, and the process proceeds from s20 to s26. If the current mode is not the game mode, the process proceeds from s20 to s21 on the assumption that the game mode selection operation has been executed in order to start the game.

At s21, a game selection screen is displayed.
On the selection screen, all game names that can be executed with the scoring game ICM data are displayed, and the user can select any of them. In s22, the process waits until the user inputs a game selection. This selection input can be performed by operating the remote controller 8. When one game is selected, it is determined in s23 whether the game is a karaoke battle game. When the karaoke battle game is selected, the operation proceeds to s24 and below. If another game is selected, the process proceeds to a corresponding operation (not shown).

At s24, the mode of the karaoke battle game is set in the game mode register, and script data and image data used for executing the game are read and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 12 (s25). Thereafter, the operation proceeds to the microphone checking operation (FIG. 7).

On the other hand, if the current game mode is set and this game mode selection operation is performed to end the game, a game end screen is displayed (s26). This game end screen is a screen including words such as “The game will be ended. Are you sure?”, And when the user inputs “OK” from the remote control device 8 in response to this (s
27), the contents of the game mode register are reset (s28), and the operation ends. When the game end screen is displayed, if the user performs an operation other than OK such as the operation of the cancel key, the operation is terminated without resetting the current game mode.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the microphone checking operation. As described above, the person who sings with the microphone 1 (7a) is in charge of the character 1, and the person who sings with the microphone 2 (7b) is in charge of the character 2, so that two singers have either microphone. It is necessary to confirm that In order to facilitate this confirmation, when a voice such as "Ah" is input to the microphone, whether the microphone to which the voice is input is the microphone 1 or the microphone 2 is displayed on the screen. When the karaoke battle game is selected, a screen shown in FIG. The character on the left is the character 1 in charge of the singer who sings with the microphone 1
It is. The right character is the character 2 in charge of the singer who sings with the microphone 2. This figure shows a display example when a voice is input from the microphone 1, in which the microphone icon displayed above the character 1 becomes brighter, and the number "1" indicating the microphone number is displayed in the icon. Have been. When a voice is input from the microphone 2, a number “2” is displayed in the microphone icon above the character 2 on the right side.

In the flowchart of FIG. 7, first, FIG.
The screen of FIG. 2A is displayed, and it is determined whether there is an input from the microphone 1 (s31). When there is an input of a predetermined level or more from the microphone 1, the presence of the microphone 1 input is displayed as shown in FIG. 12A (s32). If there is no input from the microphone 1, a message indicating no microphone 1 input is displayed (s33). Further, the input level of the microphone 2 is determined (s34), and if there is an input higher than the predetermined level, the presence of the microphone 2 input is displayed (s35). Figure 1 when there is no input from microphone 2
As shown in FIG. 2 (A), the number on the microphone icon is erased and the absence of microphone 2 input is displayed (s36). This operation is continued until the next karaoke performance starts, and this operation ends when the karaoke performance starts.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the scoring operation executed during the performance of the karaoke song. This operation is a process executed by the audio signal processing device 3, and shows a specific process of the element extraction process and the comparison process shown in FIG. Although this operation shows only the operation for the audio signal input from one microphone, the audio signal processing device 3 performs this operation in parallel for the two singing audio signals input from the microphone 1 and the microphone 2. Execute.

First, a singing voice signal of the singer is input from the control amplifier 2 (s40), frequency data is extracted from the singing voice signal (s41), and the frequency reference data input from the karaoke apparatus main body 1 is extracted. Reading is performed (s42). A frequency point is calculated by comparing these (s43), and is added to the frequency point counter (s44). Next, volume data is extracted from the input singing voice signal (s45), and volume reference data input from the karaoke apparatus main body 1 is read (s46). Then, a sound volume point is calculated by comparing these (s47) and added to the sound volume point counter (s4).
8). Further, the timing data is extracted based on the change in the extracted volume data (s4).
9), read the timing reference data (s5
0). Then, a timing point is calculated by comparing these (s51), and is added to the timing point counter (s52). This operation is executed every 150 ms during the performance of the karaoke song, and is repeatedly executed until the end of the phrase is detected (s53). A phrase is a segment of a melody of a song, and can be determined based on that the volume of the guide melody has become zero. Alternatively, data indicating a phrase break may be embedded in the music data, and the phrase break may be determined based on the data.

When the end of the phrase is determined in s53, based on the count values of the frequency point counter, the volume point counter, and the timing point counter, the frequency phrase point, the volume phrase point,
Calculate timing phrase points (s54, s5)
7, s60). This phrase point is calculated by processing such as averaging the count value of the point counter with the time of the phrase. Then, the frequency phrase point, the volume phrase point, and the timing phrase point are added to the frequency all song point counter, the volume all song point counter, and the timing all song point counter (s55, s58, s61), and are notified to the karaoke apparatus body 1 (s56). , S59, s62).
When the karaoke apparatus main body 1 is notified of the phrase points of the microphones 1 and 2, the karaoke apparatus body 1 executes an animation process in which the characters 1 and 2 perform a technique based on the magnitude of both points.

Next, a total phrase point is calculated by averaging the frequency phrase point, the volume phrase point, and the timing phrase point (s6).
3) Then, this is added to the total all-songs point counter (s64), and the karaoke apparatus body 1 is notified of this (s65). When the karaoke apparatus main body 1 is notified of the phrase points of the microphones 1 and 2, the karaoke apparatus body 1 executes an animation process in which the characters 1 and 2 perform a technique based on the magnitude of both points.

Until the end of the karaoke song is detected in s66, the frequency point counter, the volume point counter, and the timing point counter are cleared (s67), and s4.
Returning to 0, the scoring operation of the next phrase is performed.

When the end of the karaoke song is detected in s66, the count value of the frequency all song point counter, the volume all song point counter, the timing all song point counter and the total all song point counter is converted into a score of 100 to obtain a full frequency song. The point, the volume total music point, the timing total music point and the total all music point are calculated (s70, s71, s72, s73), and the all music points are notified to the karaoke apparatus body 1 (s7).
4). The karaoke apparatus main body 1 uses all the music points as shown in FIG.
The result is displayed on the result display screen as shown in FIG.

That is, in this example, points are not displayed in the performance course, and all the music points accumulated through the performance course are displayed on the result display screen. For this reason, it is difficult to know which character (singer) has won until the performance is over, while enjoying the animation of setting up or setting up a martial art. Therefore, the singer does not know the whereabouts of the game until the end, and can be absorbed in the scoring game in an attempt to earn points as much as possible.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are flowcharts showing the display control operation in the karaoke performance. When the music data is read and the performance of the karaoke music starts, first, a background video is selected based on the genre data written in the header of the music data (s80). This selection data is notified to a playback device such as the LD changer 4 to start playback of the background video (s81). Next, at the start of the game, since neither character 1 nor character 2 has an advantage, an opposing character (see FIG. 13A), which is a screen where both characters are glaring, is displayed (s8).
2).

Thereafter, when a phrase point is input from the audio signal processing device 3, the process proceeds to s90 in the judgment of (s83). In s90, the frequency phrase points of the microphone 1 and the microphone 2 are compared, and when the point of the microphone 1 is larger than the point of the microphone 2, the character 1 performs a technique 1 (punch etc.) corresponding to the frequency point on the character 2 with respect to the character 2. The animation of the character to be hung is displayed (s91: see FIG. 13B). On the other hand, when the point of the microphone 2 is larger than the point of the microphone 1, the animation of the character in which the character 2 applies the technique 1 corresponding to the frequency point to the character 1 is displayed (s93: see FIG. 13C). . When the point of the microphone 1 and the point of the microphone 2 are almost the same, a confronting character in which the character 1 and the character 2 are glaring is displayed (s92: see FIG. 13A).

Next, in s94, the microphone 1 and the microphone 2
Are compared with each other, and when the point of the microphone 1 is larger than the point of the microphone 2, the character 1 has a technique 2 corresponding to the volume point with respect to the character 2.
The animation of the character to which a kick is applied is displayed (s95). On the other hand, when the point of the microphone 2 is larger than the point of the microphone 1, the animation of the character in which the character 2 applies the technique 2 corresponding to the volume point to the character 1 is displayed (s97).
When the point of the microphone 1 and the point of the microphone 2 are substantially the same, the opposing character in which the character 1 and the character 2 are glaring is displayed (s92).

Next, in s98, the microphone 1 and the microphone 2
Is compared, and if the point of the microphone 1 is larger than the point of the microphone 2, the animation of the character in which the character 1 multiplies the character 2 by the technique 3 (eg, foot-strip) corresponding to the timing point is displayed. (S99). On the other hand, when the point of the microphone 2 is larger than the point of the microphone 1, the animation of the character in which the character 2 applies the technique 3 corresponding to the timing point to the character 1 is displayed (s101). If the point of the microphone 1 and the point of the microphone 2 are almost the same, the opposing character in which the character 1 and the character 2 are glaring is displayed (s100).

Finally, the total phrase points of the microphone 1 and the microphone 2 are compared in s102, and if the point of the microphone 1 is larger than the point of the microphone 2, the character 1 corresponds to the character 2 with respect to the character 2. The animation of the character to which 4 (throwing etc.) is applied is displayed (s103). On the other hand, if the point of the microphone 2 is larger than the point of the microphone 1, the character 2
Displays an animation of a character that applies a technique 4 corresponding to the total point to the character 1 (s10
5). If the point of the microphone 1 and the point of the microphone 2 are almost the same, a facing character in which the character 1 and the character 2 are glaring is displayed (s104).
The process returns to s83 in the state of the animation of the comprehensive phrase points, and waits until the next phrase point is input.

As described above, since there are four tricks in one phrase of about 10 seconds, the animation becomes extremely dynamic. The animation of each technique may be displayed for a few seconds. Then, since the player waits until the next phrase point is input with the technique based on the last comprehensive phrase point applied, the impression of the technique of the overall phrase point becomes stronger than other techniques, and in effect the overall phrase Point weights can be increased.

If it is determined in s84 that the karaoke song has ended, the battle screen on the background image is switched to the result display screen shown in FIG. 12B (s8).
5) Wait until all music total points are input (s)
86). When the total music piece points are input, the points are displayed as shown in the figure, and the display control operation ends. Although only the total points are used on the result display screen, all other music points, that is, all frequency music points, all volume music points, and all timing music points may be displayed. In addition, on this result display screen, points throughout all songs, that is, points similar to those in the normal scoring mode are displayed, but the number of times the technique is applied may be displayed. For example, when deciding whether to win or lose based on all the music points accumulated through the performance course, if there is a phrase that has made a great failure in singing, the victory will be decided at this point without waiting for the end of the performance. However, if you decide the winning or losing based on the number of moves, you can fully rebuild with other phrases. Therefore, the singer can enjoy the scoring game without giving up to the end.

Furthermore, in the above operation, four techniques are set based on four types of phrase points for each phrase. However, if the screen display becomes complicated, the four types of points are used. Among them, one to three may be selected and a technique may be applied based on the points. For this selection, the same selection may be made throughout all songs, or the selection may be changed for each phrase.

In the above operation, the order of applying the techniques is fixed at technique 1 to technique 4. However, this order may be changed for each phrase. In this case, the technique corresponding to each of the frequency, volume, timing, and total phrase points may be changed, and the display relationship (the technique is applied) is changed while the correspondence relationship between the phrase points and the techniques is maintained. You may do so.

Also, in this embodiment, two singers are given the same reference data and are scored so that they can battle under the same conditions. However, in the case of a two-part duet song, separate parts are used. May be given, and each part may be scored.

In this embodiment, there are two singing microphones, microphone 1 and microphone 2, but the number of microphones is not limited to two. Further, a battle character is used as a mode for displaying the superiority of the singing input from each microphone, but the display mode is not limited to this.

[0054]

According to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention, when a competitive scoring game is played by two players, it is possible to enjoy the scoring game without getting bored until the end of the performance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an audio signal processing device of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a view showing music data used in the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a data reading operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a data reading operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a data reading operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a data reading operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a progress control operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a progress control operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a display control operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a display control operation of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a monitor of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a display example of a monitor of the karaoke apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus main body 2 Control amplifier 3 Audio signal processing apparatus 6 Monitor 7a Microphone 1 7b Microphone 2

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kanehisa Tsurumi 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Yamaha Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Satoshi Tachibana 5-5-26 Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Kosho F-term (reference) 2C001 BA01 BA05 BA06 BB01 CA07 CB01 CB04 CB08 CC01 CC08 5D108 BF04 BF05 BG03 BH01

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke apparatus for processing music data of a specified karaoke song and outputting karaoke accompaniment music as sound, comprising: two microphones for two singers to use individually; and two microphones for two singers. Voice processing means for collecting voice signals input to each; comparing reference data in the music data with the voice signal for each phrase obtained by dividing a performance time series of accompaniment music at predetermined time intervals; Scoring means for calculating two points corresponding to the two microphones in the course of playing the accompaniment music based on the result; and generating a fighting animation in which two characters respectively corresponding to the two singers appear. A fighting animation student that changes the superiority of the fighting of both characters in accordance with the two points input from the scoring means. Generating means; display control means for displaying and outputting the fighting animation generated by the fighting animation generating means on a display; and points for accumulating the two points calculated by the scoring means in the performance course of the accompaniment music. A karaoke apparatus comprising: accumulating means; and means for appropriately displaying and outputting the two points accumulated by the point accumulating means after the performance of the accompaniment music. 2. A karaoke apparatus for processing music data of a specified karaoke tune and outputting karaoke accompaniment music as sound, comprising: two microphones for two singers to use individually; and two microphones for two singers. Voice processing means for collecting voice signals input to each; comparing reference data in the music data with the voice signal for each phrase obtained by dividing a performance time series of accompaniment music at predetermined time intervals; Scoring means for calculating two points corresponding to the two microphones for each element in the process of playing the accompaniment music based on the result; and a fight in which two characters respectively corresponding to the two singers appear. In addition to generating an animation, a character corresponding to the larger of the two points input from the scoring unit is a point. Fighting animation generating means for changing the fighting animation so as to perform a technique on a character corresponding to a smaller one; display control means for displaying and outputting the fighting animation generated by the fighting animation generating means on a display; Means for accumulating the number of techniques performed by the character during the performance course of the accompaniment music, and displaying the accumulated number of techniques performed by each character in a timely manner.